AD Hales scored 112 in this game to provide the 135^th occasion of an England batsman scoring a century in one day games. The century has the following statistical accreditations

It represents the tenth occasion of an England batsman scoring a century against South Africa. It also represents the 69^th occasion of an England opening batsman scoring a century in a one-day game and provides the third such occasion against South Africa.

AD Hales 112 in this was in a losing cause to provide the fifth occasion of an England batsman’s century going in vain and also provides the first such occasion against South Africa. It also provides the 23rd occasion of an England opening batsman’s century going in vain and provides the first such occasion against South Africa.

HM Amla and AB de Villiers added 125 runs for the fourth wicket in this game to provide the 225th occasion of South African batsmen posting a three figure partnership in one day games. It also provides the 42nd such occasion for the fourth wicket in one day games

This partnership provides the 20th occasion of South African batsmen posting a three figure partnership against England in one day games and also provide the seventh such occasion for the fourth wicket against England.

This partnership represents the third century partnership for the fourth wicket by South African batsmen against Englanf at home. All the three occasions are listed below. It is noted that this partnership represents the record partnership for the fourth wicket by South African batsmen against England at home

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	HM Amla, AB de Villiers	4	125	2	v England	Cape Town	14 Feb 2016
2	HH Gibbs, GC Smith	4	107	2	v England	Port Elizabeth	04 Feb 2005
3	AB de Villiers, JP Duminy	4	107	1	v England	Port Elizabeth	06 Feb 2016

AB de Villiers scored 101 not out in this game to provide the 157th occasion of a South African batsman scoring a century in one day games. It also provides the 13th such occasion against England in a one-day game.

This century by AB de Villers represent his 24^th century in one day games. He became the sixth batsman to score 24 plus centuries in one day games. Others are – SR Tendulkar {49}, RT Ponting {30}, ST Jayasuriya {28}, V Kohli {25} and KC Sangakkara {25}

This game was AB de Viilers’ 200^th one day international. He became the 68^th batsman and sixth South African batsman to play 200 plus one day internationals. The other five South African batsmen are – JH Kallis {328}, SM Pollock {303}, MV Boucher {295}, HH Gibbs {248} and JN Rhodes {245}

AB de Villers made his 200^th one-day international appearance memorable by scoring a century – 101 not out.

AB de Viilers’ 101 not out in this game provides the 23rd occasion of a South African captain scoring a century in a one-day game. It also represents the fourth such occasion against England.

This century represents the 13^th century by AB de Villiers while leading South Africa and his first against England. AB de Villiers became the second captain in the history of one day games to score 13 or more centuries after RT Ponting.  RT Ponting has scored 22 centuries while leading Australia.

South Africa won this five match series 3-2 after it had lost first two games. South Africa became the fourth team in the history of one day international to win the series after losing the first two games. The other three occasions are – Sri Lanka vs Pakistan – 2003 {3-2}, Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe – 2005 {3-2} and Pakistan vs India – 2005 {4-2}.